Infrastructure masters in the red building

Thinking that the room was too stuffy, the third prince Zhou Deyu, who came out to wander around the Ningguo Mansion, saw a pair of backs. He recognized one of them and said hello.

"Ziheng? That's...Jia Fang?"

Once the third prince recognized the figure of the other figure from behind, he was startled and thought: This is impossible!Jia Fang is obviously in the south, even if he puts on his wings, it is impossible to fly to Beijing.

Unexpectedly, the "Jia Fang" whom he identified didn't react when he heard this sound, and walked to the end of the roadway quickly without stopping, and disappeared after turning a corner.

The third prince immediately quickened his pace: he instinctively felt something was wrong, so he wanted to catch up and stop him, so as to find out what was going on.

The third prince quickly passed by Shui Xian, but Shui Xian didn't respond, it seemed that when he just passed by someone just now, he casually helped someone tidy up the cloak on his shoulders, and then parted ways.

After the third prince chased him a few more steps, Shui Xiancai Shi Shiran asked behind him: "Third Highness, is there anything you can do with Fourth Highness?"

The third prince immediately stopped and asked, "Was the one who passed by just now His Highness the Fourth?"

Shui Xian nodded, "Mmm".

The third prince immediately felt relieved: Yes, the fourth child of his family is about the same height as Jia Fang, and their backs look very similar, so it is difficult to distinguish them.

So the third prince stopped, and together with Shui Xian, walked slowly towards the wedding banquet in the Ningguo mansion.

"What is the fourth son doing over there?" The third prince asked curiously.

"The Fourth Highness just drank some wine, and felt that the room was stuffy, and wanted to go to the garden of the Ning Mansion at the back to have a look."

"The garden of the Ning Mansion?" The third prince suddenly remembered that at the beginning of the year, several of their princes, and the third of the four kings, once accompanied their father to the Ningrong Second Mansion to enjoy the garden.

"What's so good about being black and blind?" The third prince complained, "The fourth brother can really figure it out."

After walking for a while, the third prince suddenly noticed that Shui Xian was only wearing an ordinary brocade robe, and suddenly said: "Ziheng, it's snowing in the sky today, why did you come out wearing only this?"

But Shui Xian smiled and said, "When I'm happy, I don't feel the chill."

When he saw the person he wanted to see, his whole body felt warm and cheered up, and the little snowdrops falling around him had no effect on him.

The third prince couldn't help but look sideways: "It's rare to see you like this? The second son of Rongfu is getting married, Ziheng, are you so happy?"

Shui Xian immediately smiled and said: "I am very happy that the Rong Mansion is willing to welcome me into the mansion for a banquet."

The third prince: "This..." He suddenly came to his senses, Shui Xian was mocking himself: When there was a fraud case in the imperial examination earlier in Beijing, the third prince went to the Rong Mansion to arrest Jia Fang himself, and disturbed the hairpin in the Grand View Garden flower feast.At this time, Jia's mansion ignored the past and invited the third prince to accompany him with a glass of water and wine, which was considered generous.

Once the third prince figured out what he said, he was immediately embarrassed, he gritted his teeth secretly, thinking that with Shui Xian's mouth, either he would not open his mouth, or if he did, he would not let others at all.

The two of them stopped talking immediately and returned to the banquet in Ning Mansion, where they took their seats.But the more the third prince thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong: Although the back just now looked very similar to the fourth prince, it was somewhat different, and the style of the cloak was not like what the fourth prince usually wore.The more the third prince thought about it, the more he felt like Jia Fang.

He casually asked the people around him: "Did you see the fourth child?"

"I saw it just now, but now I don't know where it is..." The answer of the others did not answer any of the third prince's questions.

The third prince could only wait patiently during the banquet to see if he could find any evidence related to "Jia Fang's appearance".When he was waiting for the fourth prince, he also kept an eye on Shui Xian, to see if he would leave the meeting early, or whisper to others and make private arrangements.

However, Shui Xian was doing everything as usual, sitting quietly all the time, and everything around him seemed to be of no interest to him.

And the fourth prince did appear after a long time, and he was not wearing that cloak when he appeared.The third prince immediately went up to him and asked, "Fourth brother, where did you go just now?"

Fourth prince: "My brother just now..."

The third prince couldn't wait: "Shui Xian said that you were drunk just now and went to drink in the Grand View Garden, what's the matter?"

The fourth prince: "Blind... blind talk four..."

The third prince was overjoyed, and immediately lowered his voice and asked: "Fourth brother, tell third brother that you were going just now..."

The fourth prince continued to say with difficulty: "Who...who said I was drunk?"

Third prince: The "nonsense" in the mouth of feelings is talking about whether you are drunk or not!

"I... I saw it was snowing, I remembered last time, last time, last time..."

The third prince had no choice but to nod repeatedly: "I remembered that the snow scene I saw in the Grand View Garden last time was very moving, so I decided to go and see it, so I went there at night, and met Shui Xian on the way, he advised you that there are no lights in the garden. Nothing to see, but you went anyway, so..."

The third prince gave him his tongue, and helped the fourth prince tell everything.The fourth prince could only nod his head.

The third prince thought to himself: So it is the fourth child!He had no choice but to put aside the matter for the time being, after all, he didn't get any clues.

In the evening, the wind and snow became stronger.All the guests bid farewell.Jia Amnesty sent off the guests on behalf of his second brother at the gate of the Ningguo Mansion, and sent the guests who had returned after enjoying themselves to cars marked with the marks of each mansion.

When the third prince left Ningguo Mansion, it happened that Shui Xian and the fourth prince stepped out of the gate of Ningguo Mansion together.The two chatted while walking, both of them were dressed in thin clothes.The cloaks of the two were originally in their own hands, but at this time they were handed over to the companions and Daotong beside them, and they shook them off and put them on for themselves.

The third prince hastily hissed, and ordered his coachman to stop by the side of the road for the time being, while he focused his attention on the cloaks of Shui Xian and the fourth prince.

"Cut—" After he saw clearly, the third prince waved his hand very bored, and ordered the coachman: "Go, go—"

Shuixian put on a big cloak embroidered with Jiangya seawater python pattern, which was exactly the color of Shuixian's own clothes, and the fourth prince was wearing the same one that the third prince saw at the gate of Ningfu garden earlier.

Really boring! ——The third prince who was driving in the car gave himself a three-character test.

Shui Xian and the fourth prince stood in front of the steps of the Ning Mansion, watching the third prince's car drive away, they both laughed at the same time.

"But he... came back?" The fourth prince asked Shui Xian in a low voice.

Shui Xian smiled and nodded.

When he went out, he would bring a set of large outer clothes as a spare, and it came in handy now.

In Rongguo Mansion, Jia Zheng's outer study was converted into a new house.Jia Zheng was newly married today, and many children from the Jia clan slipped into the bride's courtyard to eavesdrop on the corner of the newlyweds.

After Jia Amnesty finished working in the Ningguo Mansion, he remembered what happened, and hurried to Jia Zhengyuan. Along the way, he picked up his collar, pulled his ears, and caught a lot of narrow-minded ghosts, all of which were handed over to his subordinates. People, order these little devils to go home and sleep.

For a while, Jia Amnesty arrived outside Jia Zheng and his wife's new house, and suddenly felt that something was wrong. He saw red candles burning high in the new house, but when he listened carefully, there was no sound.

It's still early!Why is there no sound?

For a while, Jia Zheng couldn't tell what voice he was expecting to hear.

All of a sudden, Jia Zheng in the room uttered a "huh" and said, "This paper, this ink, this seal—this must be a Song edition book!"

Another soft voice said softly: "What the husband said is true!"

Jia Amnesty almost fell outside: I was still wondering why there was no movement inside, but who would have thought that the newly married couple would hide in the new room and read a book?

But when he thinks about it, it's not uncommon: the second brother and his wife, one is an old-fashioned bookworm from the Jia family, and the other is the younger sister of the Imperial College Jijiu. When they get together, don't they want to read?

Jia Zheng said with great emotion in the room: "This is my third younger brother. He specially entrusted someone to bring a rare edition of the Song Dynasty from the south, saying it is to congratulate you and me on our wedding..."

Jia Amnesty thought to himself: Did the third brother send someone back?I do not know how?

"A while ago, there was a bandit in the place where the third brother was. He couldn't come back in person to congratulate him. He specially asked the business firm under the King of Beijing to borrow his family's business route and detoured for thousands of miles. The rare edition was delivered to Beijing, and it was only delivered tonight, and it was handed to me by Prince Beijing himself. This is really not easy..."

Jia Zheng sighed: "Most of the engraved books of the Song Dynasty are in the south, but after so many years, it is not easy to find one even in the south. The third brother is in a dangerous place, but he can still remember our marriage."

"That's thanks to this uncle." Mrs. Li seemed to be very aware of the value of the book in front of her.

"That's natural. When he returns to Beijing in the future, our husband and wife will have a good time to pay his respects to him." When Jia Zheng said this, he seemed to check the time, "It's already this late?"

Jia Amnesty felt it was time to withdraw.

Unexpectedly, Jia Zheng continued: "Madam, tonight's good night should not be let down, let's finish reading this ancient book together!"

Jia She was speechless for a moment, and almost wanted to throw a firecracker into Jia Zheng's house, and then shouted, "Both parents are still waiting to have grandchildren, especially mother." Tianxiang, are you still a man?"

Unexpectedly, Jia Zheng said another sentence: "At first, I thought it was a pity that my third brother didn't make it back in time... But when I received this gift, I suddenly felt that he might be somewhere in this mansion. It is inconvenient to meet with me, so I can only politely ask someone... But since I have received his kindness, I feel complete and have no regrets."

Hearing this, Jia Amnesty left Jia Zheng's small courtyard silently—whether the study couple enjoyed the spring warmth of their bridal chamber tonight, or delved into the mysteries of ancient books all night, he didn't care.

At this moment, Jia She's state of mind is as peaceful as Jia Zheng's - the three brothers in the Rongguo Mansion are as one as they are now.

And the congratulatory gift that Jia Fang presented to Jia Zheng and his wife this time was indeed a rare ancient book that he found in Wuyuan County. Anyone in the restaurant can ask for it.According to Xia Xingshen's textual research, it is indeed the Song version, not to mention thousands of gold, at least several hundred gold.So he felt that giving this to Jia Zheng as a gift should be more in line with the wishes of the newlyweds.

Jia Zheng was indeed very satisfied with his bride. It is said that the most important reason was that Mrs. Li was born beautiful—according to my sister-in-law Jia Min’s private evaluation, Mrs. Li was a bit softer than Mrs. Wang who was originally set for Jia Zheng, and her skin Fair and fair, with a pair of extremely graceful wrists, which fit Jia Zheng's aesthetics very well.

In addition, Li's temper is gentle and docile, and he gets along harmoniously with his sister-in-law Zhang and sister-in-law Jia Min.Even if Mrs. Shi wants to make Mrs. Li jump, Mrs. Li will not show her mother-in-law's intentions.From then on, the chief house and the second house of the Rongguo Mansion got along harmoniously, leaving Mrs. Shi depressed alone—this is a later story.

Tonghuan Sanliuku was sitting in the prison in Wuyuan County. Because of his status as a "bandit leader", he was treated like a single prison cell. It was even better in the cottage.

But Tonghuan Sanliu hated himself for being stupid as soon as he thought of his fate waiting to be slaughtered on the chopping board, he was really stupid.

He had heard earlier that the group of bandits had come down the mountain this time to avenge the three or four vengeance of his brother Tonghuan.At that time, he felt that something was wrong. Looking back now, he should have awakened at that time - so many bandits, how many of them know Tonghuan Sansi?How could he go down the mountain to avenge his brother?

At that time, he only thought that everyone was bandits, just a group of men who really had nowhere to go, and gathered together to make a living.Revenge for Tonghuan Sansi and Sisi was just a pretense—who knew that the person who made the pretense had already thought it through from front to back. The younger brother's lunch will do his part.

Tonghuan Sanliu would cry bitterly every time he thought of this, thinking of his extreme stupidity and credulity, allowing himself to repeat the mistakes of his elder brother. After being arrested, he might be sent to Yong'an Prefecture again, where he will wait for the verdict in the prison. Then he was publicly executed in full view of the public. Poor Tonghuan's family has only three or six of his own seedlings left, and he will surely be extinct in the future.

So this brass ring cried every day, one day when he was so remorseful that he hit his head against the wall and cried, a young man came outside the single cell and asked curiously, "What are you crying for? "

Tonghuan Sanliu cried, "Why do you care what I'm crying for?"

The man outside immediately ordered to open the door of the cell, and walked in by himself.

The copper ring tapped twice, wiped away the tears on his cheeks, and opened his eyes wide to see the person who came in.It was a young official, wearing an official uniform, followed by two yamen servants.But this young man is also a bit too good-looking, once he smiles, it makes people feel at ease and comfortable.

Tonghuan Sanliu suddenly showed a fierce face, bared his yellow teeth, and said, "I'm a bandit leader, aren't you afraid?"

Someone brought a stool to the young man, and as soon as the other party lifted the back of his robe, Shi Shiran sat down and said with a smile: "I saw it with my own eyes when you were captured by your companions. I don't think so." I think you look like a bandit leader." He didn't forget to sprinkle salt on Tonghuan Sanliu's wound: "Is there any bandit leader who can cry so easily?"

Tonghuan Sanliu was speechless.

But the young man pulled him to talk about everyday life: "How old are you?"

Copper ring three six: "Eighteen!"

The young man was surprised and said, "You're not much older than me! But from the way you look, even people who say you're 28 will believe you."

Tonghuan Sanliu: Ashamed...he is a rough guy, he has stayed in the cottage for a long time, and has grown a beard.By the way, this beard was also "suggested" for him to grow by others, probably because he felt that the 19-year-old Bai Nen didn't look like a "bandit leader".

"Tell me honestly, how many lives have you injured this time?" The young man suddenly put down his tone and asked coldly.

"No...no!" Tonghuan Sanliu's face was full of annoyance, "This time I will definitely be pressed and beaten."

What he said was the truth. Except for the bandits robbing outside Wuyuan City for a while, other times it was futile no matter whether they were in Taoyuan or Wuyuan, and the losses in Taoyuan were especially heavy.Tonghuan Sanliu is now in a panic at midnight, and still thinks of the earth-shattering power and indescribable smell of that "stink bomb" that day.

"Really? What about before?"

Tonghuan Sanliu drooped his head: "Injured... How many have been injured?"

He is the younger brother of the former bandit leader, so he didn't go through any procedures such as "voting a certificate". He grew up in the stockade under the protection of Brother Chest and those old brothers, and he didn't kill anyone with his own hands. He is also a bandit, not to mention how many things he has done with his own hands, but he has seen a lot...In this case, there should be no difference between him and those people who have no conscience.

In the past, he always thought that being a bandit was his destiny, but now that he regretted it, Tonghuan Sanliu only felt regretful.

"Why are you crying again?" The young man looked helplessly at Tonghuan Sanliu who was weeping in front of him, as if he could already hear the voice of this young bandit.

"Afterwards, a clerk will come to ask you about your confession. You must tell everything you know without any concealment. You are lenient when you confess, and strict when you resist. Do you understand?"

Tonghuan Sanliu was stunned: Frankly, be lenient?He is a bandit leader, is there any possibility of "leniency"?

But seeing the handsome young man on the opposite side had already stood up, left the single cell, and said: "I believe you are not the bandit leader. If you didn't commit the crime, you won't be responsible for it. Do you understand?"

"Wow——" After the young man left, Tonghuan couldn't hold back one by one, and burst into tears again.